And slavery probably muddied the waters as it did everything else at the time. The focus on property when property included human beings was probably more than some could abide, understandably.

Read a fantastic piece a few months ago that I don’t have time to find now but it contrasted the different movements in Europe. How the Scots went ‘Libertarian’ because of fights with the English who went Fabian, Austrian school from Menger through Mises and Hayek and how that corner of the world was very different culturally and politically buttressing the French and Germans who went Auth with their philosophies because of different political/economic structures.

Will try to dig it up later 🤙